Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will receive the Indian pilgrims which include former prime minister Manmohan Singh.

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee members and all 117 MLAs and MPs from Punjab including ministers are part of the first jatha | Photo from PTi

The first batch of the Indian pilgrims entered Pakistan on Saturday through the historic Kartarpur Corridor which was thrown open ahead of the 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev.

The corridor links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev, to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab's Gurdaspur.

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first batch of over 500 pilgrims, saying it will be easy to pay obeisance at the Darbar Sahib gurdwara after the opening of the Kartarpur corridor.

Asserting that he is fortunate to be able to dedicate the Kartarpur Corridor to the country, Modi said that the opening of the corridor and the integrated check post (ICP) will bring double happiness to the people.